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• Undeliverable Goods Claim Succeeds Despite Insurer’s Arguments

  • Posted20 December 2012

  When the owners of a Moroccan factory disappeared, leaving their workers unpaid, production ground to a halt. This left a UK-based customer facing a business emergency. The company got...

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• Reasonable Decision Confirmed by Court of Appeal in House Defects Case

  • Posted19 December 2012

  When the owners of houses that were built on piles discovered that the walls of their properties were cracking, they established that the reason for the problem was that the...

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• Collective Redundancy Consultation – Government Announces Changes

  • Posted19 December 2012

  As part of the Government’s review of employment law, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) carried out a consultation exercise on possible changes to the rules on consultation...

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• Human Rights Do Not Justify Possession of Property by Trespasser

  • Posted18 December 2012

  When a council tenant who suffers from depression moved into his late brother’s council flat after he had died, the council was none the wiser for a considerable period of...

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• HMRC Gain From IHT Challenges

  • Posted17 December 2012

  In 2011, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) challenged more than 10,000 Inheritance Tax (IHT) returns, according to accountants UHY Hacker Young. Each challenge yielded an average increase in IHT payable...

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• Service Provision Change Defined in TUPE Case

  • Posted17 December 2012

  In a ruling which clarifies what is meant by a ‘service provision change’ in the context of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE), the Employment Appeal...

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